Volume 2: The Lake of Winter, Chapter 33: The Night of the Wasteland

Ignoring the bustle in the field, Ning Que took the Tmall girl back to the camp, lifted the curtain and walked into the tent, glanced at the bags stacked in the corner, looked at Moshan Mountain, who was concentrating on depiction, and asked, "Didn't my black horse be tied to the tent before? ”

Mo Shanshan put down the brush in his hand, looked back at him, and explained expressionlessly: "After it came back in the morning, you tied him up, and I was left alone in the tent after you left, and it kept calling and kicking its hooves, looking like it wanted to go out to play, so I untied the rope and let it play on its own." ”

Ning Que looked at her and didn't know how to say at all, scratched his head and said: "If it wants to go out, you can let it out, why does this always sound a little wrong, it is a horse and not a person." ”

"The big dark horse is very smart, I can understand what it wants to say. After Mo Shanshan said this, he didn't want to explain more about this matter, turned around and picked up the brush on the inkstone, ready to continue copying the calligraphy.

The lynx girl ran to her side excitedly and said, "Senior sister, what you said is really right, Da Hei is not only Lingxing, it is simply amazing, do you know that many people outside are chasing it now." ”

Mo Shanshan raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What happened?"

The lynx girl turned out the big dark horse and won the process of the horse race, and she carefully explained it carefully, and then said: "As for what happened in the end, senior brother, he caught my eyes, so I didn't see it. ”

Mo Shanshan looked at Ning Que.

Ning Que thought to himself, how should such a picture be told?

He raised his hand and coughed lightly, pretending not to see Mo Shanshan's gaze, and walked out of the tent on his own. Standing on the slightly hard winter wasteland, looking at the Tang Army flags and heavily guarded camps not far from the west, he began to think about other questions, where should he start to find the horse thief leader?

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As the representative of the Tang State in this negotiation, General Shu Cheng took Xiang Ming's cronies and subordinates to come here from Chang'an City, and the safety was responsible for the safety of 300 elite iron cavalry of the Northeast Frontier Army.

In the camp tent in the center of the Tang camp, General Shu Cheng took off his helmet, stroked his gray hair at will, sat behind the desk and motioned his subordinates to get some food.

General Shu ate with vegetables and was silent.

The cronies next to him noticed the general's thoughtful expression, thinking that it was about today's horse race, which made the general feel a little unhappy after hearing some gossip in the king's tent, and after a little thought, he persuaded in harmony: "General, our cavalry is good at fighting, and it is really not very good at this kind of pure racing thing, and if you lose, you will lose, and no one can stop the old aunt if she wants to gossip." ”

"That kind of old woman knows a fart. ”

General Shu mocked and said, as a Tang general, he paid tribute to Ni Ma Di in the king's tent as the sister of the lord of the Moon Wheel Country, and he had to pay attention to some words, in this military camp tent, where would he still be in the mood to give that aunt the slightest face.

Seeing that the general was indeed not bothered by this matter, the subordinates thought of another matter, glanced at the soldiers patrolling outside the tent, lowered their voices and asked tentatively, "General, are you worried about Tuyang City?"

In the summer, the imperial court decided to aid Yan's northern expedition, which was presided over by Xiahou, the general of the Tang Dongzhen Army, but no one could have imagined that when the Central Plains began to negotiate with the grassland barbarians, His Majesty had ordered the military department to intervene in this matter. General Shu Cheng came to the royal court, although he came by order, but it was inevitable that there would be some anger at the border army, and when he passed through Tuyang City, General Xiahou actually used the excuse of patrolling the border, and even refused to see his face.

"If I were General Xiahou, I wouldn't be happy. ”

General Shu Cheng smiled slightly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, took the towel and wiped his face casually, and said, "Don't guess anything, I do think about things, but it has nothing to do with the two things you guessed." ”

The subordinate frowned slightly, thinking that the peace between the two sides had been completed, and the next thing was for the Central Plains Coalition to discuss next year's Northern Expedition, as well as the specific affairs of assisting the Left Tent Royal Court, which should all be a matter of course, if the general was not worried about the failure of the horse race and the anger of Tuyang City, then what was he thinking?

"I'm thinking about the big black horse. General Shu Cheng said with a smile.

The subordinates suddenly realized, thinking that they finally understood the general's intentions, and after a little thought, he said: "Shan Yu seems to be very interested in that horse, but since the general likes it, I will think of some ways to inform the steward of the king's tent later, I believe that Shan Yu will definitely not hesitate to give horses to show his closeness to the empire." ”

General Shu Cheng looked at his subordinates and sighed helplessly, and scolded: "I don't know what I'm thinking in my head, where do I want to win that big black horse, if that Shan Yu wants to win the horse, he can only get into trouble in the end." ”

Looking at the look on his subordinates' faces, the general shook his head, looked at the clear blue sky outside the tent curtain, frowned slightly, and said: "When I saw that big black horse today, I felt a little familiar, and I always felt that I had seen it somewhere. ”

General Shu Cheng threw the towel on the desk, and said with a look of reminiscence: "I only remembered at that moment that I had seen this big dark horse in the imperial examination room last spring when I was inspecting the academy entrance examination on behalf of the military department. ”

The subordinates were stunned, thinking about the galloping black sè lightning and the violent black sè storm in the field before, and thought to themselves, could it be that incredible horse from the empire?

"You've seen how violent that big black horse is. In the entrance examination of the academy last spring, all the candidates who were selected to ride the big black horse were thrown off, and the daughter of General Yunlu's family was no exception, when I was patrolling above the meadow to watch, I thought that no one could submit this horse, and then I saw a teenager walk into the horse farm. ”

General Shu Cheng squinted slightly, recalling the picture at that time, and said leisurely: "The big black horse suddenly became extremely honest in front of that young man, and I thought it was a little strange at the time, but when the young man moved Chang'an City, I realized that the war horse was more psychic xing, and he knew the power of the young man in advance than everyone else." ”

The subordinate asked curiously, "Who is that young man?"

The general retracted his gaze, looked at him and said, "Ning Que." ”

"Ning Que ......" the subordinate muttered and repeated, suddenly his expression was shocked, and he said in surprise: "Are you talking about the Ning family who moved Chang'an?"

"I don't like to dance and ink. General Shu sighed and said: "I only know that Ning Que was admitted to the academy last year, and this year he entered the second floor and became a personal disciple of the master, and I also know that when Ning Que left Chang'an City, the suburban horse farm specially sent him this big black horse." ”

The subordinate asked, "What about ...... Why did this big dark horse appear in the royal court?"

As soon as the words came out, he knew that he had asked an extremely stupid question, such a divine horse could not be too far away from its owner, and the horse was in the royal court, and the natural person was also in the royal court.

"Ordinary people don't know that Ning Que is ranked thirteen on the second floor of the academy, but of course the military department knows that he is staying in Yanbei under the pseudonym Mr. Thirteen, but even I didn't expect him to come to the royal court in person. ”

General Shu frowned slightly, and said to himself in a low voice: "Even the academy attaches so much importance to this peace discussion, is it true that those desolate people in the north are so troublesome? Or is there something else to hide about this matter?"

After thinking for a moment, the subordinate asked puzzledly: "General, since Ning Que came to the royal court, why didn't he show up and didn't come to the camp to meet the general?"

After General Shu was silent for a moment, he smiled and said: "Master's personal disciple, what kind of character is that, if he doesn't show up, there is naturally a reason why he doesn't show up, I probably don't have that much face, I just think this matter seems to be getting more and more interesting." ”

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When the twilight comes, the fire is lit, the whole sheep hangs upside down, and the smell of wine is fragrant, and the night sè also descends on the wasteland.

The royal court tribe gathered people from all over the world, and many herdsmen from the surrounding tribes who had come to attend the Gmumu Conference, under the light of the fire, shrouded in the smell of wine, people excitedly talked about the scenes they saw during the day, arguing about where the samurai was the most powerful and who was the most skilled in archery. Of course, the most mentioned is the furious black sè steed, and countless people are speculating about who its owner is.

The owner of the big black horse did not hear the excitement of the people, and instead of drinking and eating meat for pleasure, he stole a piece of the clothes of a steppe herdsman out of nowhere, and under the cover of the night, sneaked west from the camp of the Great River Country, quietly approached the Tang camp, and then turned south and sat down behind a high ground.

I don't know how long it took, a figure leaned over from the direction of Tang Ying, and it could be seen from the speed of movement and body shape that this person was extremely vigilant and cautious.

"I haven't figured out how you can tell if it's your own people who make a picture with a stick outside the camp, what if it's a random one of those urchins on the grassland?"

Ning Que looked at the man and said, although there is no fire behind the meadow, but with the starry sky, you can still vaguely see the other party's face and clothing, it is a Tang cavalry who looks extremely honest.

The Tang Jun didn't answer his question, his eyes were full of suspicion, and he didn't seem to understand why this guy actually had the leisure to say such nonsense in this situation.

Ning Que stretched out his hand, the Tang Jun stretched out his hand, and the two of them seemed to be about to shake hands, only to hear a soft snap, and the two waist cards were gently closed together, exactly the same.

With the help of the starlight, the Tang Jun saw clearly the lines of the waist card held by Ning Que, his expression changed suddenly, and he hurriedly waved his hands and saluted, lowered his voice and said in awe: "I didn't expect the adults to come in person." ”

"You don't know who I am, how do you know that I'm an adult. Ning Que asked with a smile.

The honest face of the Tang Jun showed a sincere smile and said: "It is clearly written on the waist card, the lord is the guest secretary in the department, of course, he is a lowly adult. ”

Ning Que glanced at this person and asked in surprise: "The Tianshu Office is a cultivation yamen, but I see that there is not a trace of telekinesis on your body, can it be said that you have already entered the realm of Dongxuan?"

"If you are a powerhouse in the Cave Realm, why would you have worked so hard to follow you to the wasteland. ”、

That Tang Jun smiled and explained, "Although the Heavenly Pivot Office is responsible for managing cultivators, the staff is not all cultivators, and there are more ordinary people like lowly positions. ”

Ning Que left the Bishui Camp and went deep into the wasteland, the reason was because of the news from the national teacher Li Qingshantong Guò Tianshu, the Tianshu Office wanted to cooperate with his actions, and of course he would find a way to leave him an informant near the royal court.

He looked at the other party and said, "Don't gossip, get down to business." ”

Tang Jun replied with a smile: "If adults want to gossip, they will gossip, and if they want to talk about business, they will talk about business." ”

Ning Que was slightly stunned, and thought with a smile Sure enough, he is worthy of being a member of the Heavenly Pivot Division, and on weekdays, he probably has more contact with those cultivators whose eyes are on the top of his forehead, and there is no common awe and respect for cultivators by ordinary people, but his words and deeds are so sleek, and this attitude is really wonderful to use against cultivators.

He asked directly, "Do you know the mission of my trip?"

Tang Jun replied honestly: "I don't know." ”

Ning nodded and said, "That's good, because what I want to ask has nothing to do with the task." ”

This time it was Tang Jun's turn to be stunned, and his honest and honest face showed a look of admiration, thinking that he really deserved to be a distinguished Tianshu Keqing, and such a shameless request to use the power of the court to do things was so natural.

Ning Que continued to ask, "How many people are there in the Tang camp?"

"Cavalry plus heavy soldiers, and some miscellaneous servants, about five hundred. ”

Ning Que looked at the Tang camp with flags fluttering and dense tents, frowned and said, "It doesn't look like there are only so few people in the camp. ”

The Tang Jun explained: "One rides three horses, so the place where you need it is relatively large. ”

"How do you grasp the situation in the camp?" Ning Que just asked casually, thinking that the Tang Battalion, which had hundreds of horsemen, was only an ordinary cavalryman on the other side, and how could he master it completely.

However, he didn't expect that since this Tang cavalry was a nail planted in the northeast border army by the Tianshu, what he did all the time on weekdays was to observe any movement in the Tang camp, so listening to his question, he nodded without hesitation and replied: "I can basically master it." ”

Ning Que glanced at him, thinking that his luck was really good, and asked, "Are there any special circumstances in the camp in the last five days?" such as are there any injured cavalrymen...... Or even a general?"

The Tang soldier thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Ning Que was silent for a moment and then said, "Is there anything worth noting about the logistical supply of food and medicine?"

Tang Bing was about to answer no, when suddenly he thought of something, twisted his eyebrows and thought carefully for a while, and said: "There are indeed some situations where the food consumption in a certain tent seems to be a lot more than usual, which is not surprising, but there are also some problems with the stock of medicine in the camp. ”

Without waiting for Ning Que to continue to ask, he took the initiative to add: "The military medicine is the key monitoring scope of the department, so I think there are some problems, those drugs that are consumed for no reason are in addition to the injury medicine to stop bleeding and build muscles, and then some powders to heat and calm the mind, but these drugs should not be used these days." ”

Hearing these words, Ning Que's eyes gradually lit up, knowing that his guess seemed to be in the right direction. He looked at the brightly lit Tang camp and asked, "Where is that tent?" Can you figure out who is inside?"

"The three hundred cavalry that escorted General Shu into the wasteland this time are all from Tuyang City, and that tent is the military tent of a certain general of the Northern Army in the east, which is heavily guarded, and ordinary cavalry like me can't get close at all. ”

Ning Que's brows furrowed slightly, his eyes slowly swept over the continuous camp tent, as if he wanted to see the military tent, and said, "So heavily guarded, is there any way to sneak in and take a look?"

The Tang soldier didn't think about it, shook his head directly, and said, "Unless you break in." ”

Then he looked at Ning Que and added very seriously: "My lord, although you are a respected Lord Keqing, of course your realm strength is strong, but if you break into the barracks, I am afraid that there will be some problems, even if you can break in, there will definitely be many deaths in the camp, how can you explain to the imperial court afterwards?"

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There is no way to sneak in, so there is only a hard way to break in, but although he is now a student of the academy, he actually regards himself as a member of the imperial team in his bones, and it will never be his active choice to draw his sword against those comrades, so he has to find another way.

Taking advantage of the fact that the stars were thinning in the dead of night, the guy who had been planted in the Northern Army in the east of the Tianshu Office quietly slipped back to the Tang camp, and only Ning Que was left behind the meadow.

There was sparse yellow grass lying on the cold ground, looking like a beard from a malnourished old man, Ning Que lay on the sparse grass, looking at the stars in the night dome above his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

A shadow suddenly covered the starry sky overhead, as if the real dark night was coming.

Ning Que looked at the black horse face that was close at hand, and looked at its appearance as if it was flattering and smiling with its thick chunpi, and couldn't help but smile and scolded: "The people of the entire royal court want to arrest you, and you actually dare to come back to see me." ”

The big black horse gently arched his shoulders, looking extremely docile, and even a little quiet, as if he was telling him, as long as you don't get angry, what does it matter if other people say to it?

Ning Que stood up, patted off the sand and grass behind him, lightly punched the big black horse in the neck, shook his head and said: "People are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, people are easy to get into trouble when they are famous, and pigs are easy to be killed and eat meat when they are strong, you have to be in such a big limelight, aren't you worried that you will be robbed of being robbed after being too famous?"

The big black horse opened his mouth, and the white horse's teeth looked a little calm in the starlight, as if he was sneering, and the indescribable evil charm was cold and arrogant and stupid.

Ning Que stared at its eyes and sneered: "You mean to say that even if you are snatched away, you will be treated like a treasure, and you will not be called as an invincible horse like you as a bull and mule like me?"

The big black horse gently trotted its hooves, silently digging through the floating soil of the wasteland beneath its feet, and cautiously acknowledged it with silence.

Ning Que sneered, stretched out his hand and pointed to the middle part of its two strong rear tui, and said: "I don't know why the Southern Army didn't castrate you back then, and the country racecourse didn't castrate you, and I don't know what you relied on to escape the fate of being a eunuch, but in short, you should know very well that I have no intention of cutting you off." ”

"But my kindness does not mean that everyone is merciful, with your violent temper, if it falls into the hands of Shan Yu or the princess, do you really think that you can still keep your precious balls?"

A cold winter wind blew across the meadow.

Fear suddenly appeared in the black eyes of the big black horse, I don't know if it was because of the fear of cold or something else, and then Tui quickly clamped it, but because of the huge and powerful horse, how could it not be completely together.

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Ning Que took advantage of the sinking night to complete another spy joint in his life, sorted out the situation in Tang Ying, and took the time to educate the big dark horse. He had done so much, and there were countless fires burning on the side of the meadow, and there was only one thing that people had done in the royal tents as if it were daylight, and that was to drink.

The wilderness is like a paradise in the spring, but in the middle of winter, it is as miserable as the underworld, the cold wind is howling, the snow flakes are coming at any time, and the cold is extremely cold, so the people who live here like to drink to warm up, especially spirits.

The Central Plains people and the grassland barbarians beside the fire have been tossing and turning between trade and war for thousands of years, and the recent invasion of the border and the counterattack of the Central Plains coalition army since then have killed a lot of people on both sides.

With complicated feelings, the people in the royal court tribe began to fight with the Central Plains people, and the wine went wild into Xiong's belly, which failed to dissolve the hatred, but magnified the love, so the fight became a competition, the competition became a brawl, and the brawl finally turned into a group fight, and the soldiers responsible for maintaining order in the royal court and the temple had just quelled a scuffle, and they were about to rush to another place, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

There were a few tents that were lonely on the edge of the pasture, very close to the Tang camp, but not within the confines of the Tang camp, unaffected by the chaos around the fire in the distance, and still seemed extraordinarily quiet, just like the people who lived inside.

The girls of the Great River Country have a lot of novelties in Gemu, they are quiet and self-controlled, and they return to the camp in the evening, and Moshan Mountain sat quietly in the tent for a whole day, with white paper on the desk, she hung her wrist on the paper, and kept copying something, as if she didn't know what it meant to be bored and boring.

At that moment, the curtain was lifted. Ji Zhihua walked in with a young girl, she looked at Mo Shanshan and said gently: "Mountain master, there are guests to visit." ”

Mo Shanshan slowly stopped writing, put the brush into the clear water urn, and turned around.

The girl was wearing the uniform of the Temple of Heavenly Oracles, but there was a pride in her eyes that was extremely difficult to hide, and after she walked into the tent, she kept looking around, trying to make her expression appear calmer as much as possible, but she still felt a little nervous when she saw the girl in white next to the desk turn around.

Because this is her first time in the bookworm.

Mo Shanshan looked at her indifferently and said, "Who are you?"

The bookworm is used to speaking with this kind of direct mouth, she doesn't like to talk nonsense, she is used to an indifferent look, because she feels that making expressions is a very hard thing, she is used to being rude with a casual gaze, because ......

Her eyes aren't too good.

But just like Ning Que, who didn't know that someone had an eye disease at the beginning, the female student of the Heavenly Oracle Academy also felt that she had been slighted and even humiliated by Yan Zhan, and her nervous feelings became a little irritable, but she still didn't dare to be rude.

Again, this is her first bookworm, bookworms are prouder and rude, and for them, the students of the Heavenly Oracle Academy, who have been getting along with another idiot day and night, are very easy to understand and accept.

The female student of the Heavenly Oracle Academy saluted in awe and said, "Princess Chenjia, please ask Senior Sister Mo to talk about it tomorrow." ”

Mo Shanshan looked at her quietly, thinking about the old friend who hadn't seen her for a long time, thinking about the old friend who was as calm as Lan in the carriage above the meadow when the blood and fire were raging, and said after a moment of silence: "I know." ”

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(Tonight, please don't talk to me about quality, it will be revised in the future, tonight, please talk to me about dreams, and about the honor of my father, glory is my life, I don't believe it, but the glory of my family seems to be really about to kill me.) ）ro@。